RubyKaigi 2026
Overview
One of the world's largest international conferences dedicated to the Ruby programming language. Featuring Ruby creator Yukihiro Matsumoto (Matz), Ruby core team members, and developers from around the globe, the event offers deeply technical talks on language implementation, performance optimization, and cutting-edge libraries and frameworks. Held annually since 2006, the conference rotates across cities in Japan.
Foundation
- Founded
- 2006
- Founder
- Ruby no Kai (Japan Ruby Group)
First held in June 2006 at the AIST Waterfront Center in Odaiba, Tokyo, as the 'Japanese Ruby Conference' with approximately 251 attendees. As the Ruby community grew globally, the event evolved into a major international conference attracting Ruby developers from around the world.
Transition
- 2006 第1回「日本Ruby会議」をお台場で開催（251名参加）
- 2011 RubyKaigi 2011を最後に一時休止を発表
- 2013 「RubyKaigi」として再始動。英語名を正式名称に
- 2018 仙台で開催。海外参加者比率が増加し国際カンファレンスとして定着
- 2026 函館で開催。函館アリーナ・函館市民会館の2会場体制
Voices
Three invaluable days to catch up on the latest in Ruby. The rotating venues across Japan make it enjoyable as a trip too.
You can hear Matz's keynote in person and even discuss directly with core team members. The warmth of the technical community is truly felt.
Student tickets at 5,000 JPY with lunch included. It's great that the event is accessible to younger generations.
Prepped at a study session beforehand, then dove into the PicoRuby workshop and the parties (from wako's report, in Japanese)
Eight engineers made the trip to Hakodate for cutting-edge Ruby talks and community time (from Nexway engineers' report, in Japanese)
A note, Inc. backend engineer felt how daily Rails work rests on language internals after the deep-dive sessions, and marveled at Rubyists' energy, out late drinking yet full of life the next morning (from taakuuyaa's report, in Japanese)
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